A boy born without most of his hand now has a new mechanical hand…thanks to 3-D printer technology. Nine-year-old Matthew Shields was born with only a thumb on his right hand. When kids in school started picking on him… his mother discovered “Robo-hand”…and a family friend stepped in to help make the dream a reality.

We’ll show you how this new technology has changed the young boy’s life on 22News at Noon.